Your teenager stayed up all night talking to her long-distance boyfriend on the phone,which resulted in an extremely high phone bill you had to pay.You do not want her to do not want her to repeat that behavior so you take away her phone for a month.Which of the following describes your technique?

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The parent is using punishment as a technique to discourage the behavior of staying up all night on the phone. The phone is being taken away as a consequence of the behavior, with the hope that the teenager will not repeat the behavior in the future. Neither positive reinforcement nor negative reinforcement are being used, as those involve rewarding or removing an unpleasant stimulus to increase the likelihood of a behavior. Observational learning is not relevant in this scenario, as it involves learning through observation of others' behavior, rather than direct consequences of one's own behavior.

Your Teenager Stayed Up All Night Talking to Her Long-Distance